§ 6. Commander MARSDENasked the Minister of Labour if he will refuse to grant a permit to Captain Ernst Hashagen to land in this country for the purpose of broadcasting his experiences of sinking British and Allied merchant shipping during the last War while in command of a German U-boat?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir Kingsley Wood)I have been asked to answer this question. I understand from the British Broadcasting Corporation that the talk was planned as a serious contribution towards the elimination of this method of warfare, and would have been so expressed. In view, however, of international discussions now proceeding at Geneva, I have been informed that it has been decided not to proceed with the talk. The question of a permit does not therefore arise.